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Everything is running on time. Have a great day.
The question we hear most frequently is "How is Green Ride CO green?" In addition to the standard reduce, recycle, reuse, the following are some specific things we do to help the environment and reduce greenhouse gasses.Shared Ride - Major Greenhouse Gas reduction! Removes other vehicles from the road reducing emissions, congestion, wear and tear on highways, increases safety and helps your vehicles last longer so they do not need to be replaced as often.
Reservations and Planning - A reservation based operation helps us plan for the right size vehicle. We occasionally cancel a 150 mile drive to DIA when we have no reservations. We use Dodge caravans, 15 passenger vans and 21 passenger buses. Sometimes there might be 5 to 10 passengers going in one direction and only 1 or 0 in the other. Volume is increasing so high passenger count means improving passenger miles per gallon.
Reservations allow us to plan pickup and drop-off routes which in turn helps reduce total miles driven by the fleet.
Driving style - Our policy is to accelerate slowly and decelerate slowly. Drive a maximum of 68 to 70mph and never exceed any speed limit. Slower driving is safer, quieter, conserves fuel, reduces wear and tear on tires, brakes, and moving components and helps vehicles last longer so the energy required to build a new vehicle is avoided.
Idling! Vehicles should never idle without a very good reason. Our policy is to turn the vehicles off every time they stop to load or unload passengers.
General - Our reservation agents work from home; no driving to and from work; no big office to heat and cool.
Office furnishing; all used goods, acquired from Colorado Corrections, Savers, etc. Paint from Larimer County Landfill, building materials from ReSource.
The managers and officers don't have individual offices. They work from home, from coffee shops, from wherever they are using computers and smart phones.
We attract people who care about the environment. Many employees ride bikes to work and to meetings. Wish we could use a pedicab for airport service!
Water! Best solution is to bring your own water in a reusable container. All bottles are recycled but we would prefer to give out less. Unfortunately we cannot serve water from an open container. The only options we currently have is to offer bottled water or to not offer water. We have decided to offer water.
We are members of Climatewise, Clean Cities, Redirect Guide, Be Local, GenGreen, and we support events that are environmentally friendly like the Sustainable Living Fair, Green Drinks, and biking events; we work with companies and organizations that have green culture like Trees, Water & People, New Belgium Brewery,and Colorado State University.
We are a new company and some day we will make greater contributions to the community, to the environment, to the local economy, to non-profits and volunteer organizations, and to the employees.
We do what we can and it never will be enough. However we are growing and getting better at meeting and exceeding our goals and the expectations of the community.
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DIA Construction Project
will prevent curbside drops begining on Saturday May 19th. For the duration of the project, we will not make stops at specific airlines. We will drop ALL passengers at our pick up location at Island 3 outside of door 505, terminal East. If you need a boarding pass or if you are checking luggage, you will need to find your way to your airline's counter. Please allow plenty of time for possible delays, and the extra time to get through the terminal. Find out more at www.flydenver.com
